Thursday, July 17, 2014

B is for bisexual

Today our B word is bisexual. For those of you who have been living in a
cave on mars, a bisexual is someone who is sexually attracted to both men and
women.

Dr. Alfred Kinsey invented the famous Kinsey Scale. The scale rates everyone from 0 (exclusively
heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual).
3 would be a balanced bisexual with as much interest and experience with
both sexes. Kinsey believed that while
most people gravitate toward one side of the spectrum or the other, almost no
one is a perfect 0 or 6. Almost everyone
is just a little bisexual.

Bisexuals often feel that they are being erased or not taken
seriously, they are often accused of experimenting or just being curious. There is also a trend of bisexual chic, with
culture encouraging young women to experiment with each other as a trendy thing
and celebrities who are straight having public same sex kisses for attention
and shock. Most bisexuals don’t like
this as it insults their sexuality.

What does all this have to do with intersex? Intersex people come in all sexual
orientations. If you believe sexual
orientation is biologically determined (no evidence to support this) then you
might believe all intersex people are bisexual (not true). In any case I thought it would make an
interesting post.